Graduate Students Awards

MICHIGAN INITIATIVE AWARD

This award is available to graduate students who are regularly admitted to a degree
program (excluding EMBA, Law, Doctor of Pharmacy, M.D. program, MSBS-Medical Sciences
program, and Physician Assistant program) entering any semester from the following
Michigan counties: Hillsdale, Lenawee, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne. The
award is available for those courses listed on the student's current Graduate Plan
of Study, which is required to be submitted to COGS after the first semester of attendance.
This award is not stackable with any other scholarship, award, or GA/TA award.

Award: Covers Graduate out-of-state tuition surcharge, up to a maximum of 9 credit hours per semester. Additional credit hours maybe allowed with academic program
and College of Graduate Studies approval. Tuition refers to graduate level courses only and cannot be applied to any undergraduate
courses, audited courses, or repeated courses. Students receiving the Michigan Initiative
Award must maintain a 3.0 GPA during their graduate studies to continue receiving
the award in future semesters.

Minimum Requirements: Available to students whose permanent address is within one
of the counties in Michigan which include: Hillsdale, Lenawee, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw
and Wayne.

Renewal Criteria: Academically eligible students are automatically renewed for this
award until completion of a graduate degree.

Please note that if you are a Monroe County Michigan resident, you may be eligible
for an exemption of the out of state tuition surcharge fees.

For more information and to apply for the Michigan Initiative Award click here.

SISTER CITIES AWARD

This award is available to students entering any semester, effective fall 2005, and
does not require an application, however, student must fill out a Terms and Conditions
form before the award will be placed on their account.The award is available for those
courses listed on the students' current Graduate Plan of Study, which is required
to be submitted to COGS after the first semester of attendance. This award is not
stackable with any other scholarship, award, or GA/TA award.

Award: Covers Graduate out-of-state tuition surcharge, up to a maximum of 9 credit hours per semester. Additional credit hours maybe allowed with academic program
and College of Graduate Studies approval. Tuition refers to graduate level courses only and cannot be applied to any undergraduate
courses, audited courses, or repeated courses.

Minimum Requirements: Available to students whose permanent address is within one
of the Toledo Sister Cities/Regions, including:

Toledo, Spain

Londrina, Brazil

Qinhuangdao, China

Szeged, Hungary

Csongrad County, Hungary

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Delmenhorst, Germany

Toyohashi, Japan

Tanga, Tanzania

Poznan, Poland

Hyderabad, Pakistan

Coimbatore, India

Renewal Criteria: Academically eligible students* can renew this award for 15 consecutive
semesters over a maximum of five years, or until completion of a graduate degree,
whichever comes first, as long as the student maintains full-time enrollment each
academic year.

For more information, and to apply for the Sister Cities Award click here.